Dallas/Fort Worth International in May 2025

66.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 27,178 domestic departures from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). 66.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so DFW departures were 10.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 27,111 departures with 56.5% leaving on time: a change of +10.1 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at DFW that month were on time 69.3% of the time (27,185 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 66.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.2%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DFW in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	DFW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	66.6%	56.5%	69.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	66.3%	54.1%	69.9%	75.4%
Cancelled	3.1%	6.4%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.8 min	36.9 min	22.3 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	906	904	856	20,188
Scheduled departures	27,178	27,111	312,515	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	14,372	53%	61.5%	22.6 min	2.7%
MQ Envoy Air	5,245	19%	74.6%	7.3 min	3.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,847	10%	74.0%	8.1 min	4.6%
OH PSA Airlines	1,289	5%	62.0%	27.8 min	7.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,051	4%	72.3%	22.6 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	807	3%	66.8%	24.6 min	1.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	694	3%	68.6%	18.8 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	622	2%	71.2%	14.4 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	220	1%	62.7%	15.1 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	0%	45.2%	32.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW–LGA	Dallas/Fort Worth to New York	593	63.7%	19.7 min	2.0%
DFW–LAX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles	578	68.7%	13.9 min	1.6%
DFW–ATL	Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta	568	67.3%	26.8 min	2.1%
DFW–ORD	Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago	550	66.0%	21.6 min	1.1%
DFW–LAS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas	549	63.2%	18.0 min	2.9%
DFW–DEN	Dallas/Fort Worth to Denver	537	58.7%	25.6 min	2.0%
DFW–IAH	Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston	504	60.9%	29.3 min	4.2%
DFW–SEA	Dallas/Fort Worth to Seattle	472	65.0%	14.1 min	1.5%
DFW–PHX	Dallas/Fort Worth to Phoenix	454	62.8%	22.6 min	1.3%
DFW–AUS	Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin	428	62.6%	23.1 min	5.4%
DFW–MCO	Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando	412	57.3%	27.2 min	1.7%
DFW–SAT	Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio	399	60.9%	28.0 min	4.3%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.5%	29.3%	142,290
Late-arriving aircraft	45.8%	37.8%	289,809
National Aviation System	16.1%	25.9%	101,855
Extreme weather	15.4%	6.9%	97,630
Security	0.1%	0.1%	922

632,506 delay minutes on 8,211 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DFW on time in May 2025?

66.6% of 27,178 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 56.5% of 27,111 departures left on time and 6.4% were cancelled, against 66.6% and 3.1% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DFW · methodology · corrections.